Don't Look Back (1967)
(Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back)
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
As Dylan embarks on his 1965 UK tour, we follow him from hotel suite to hotel suite, mostly leaving him on stage to perform off camera, as he interacts with his producer, Albert Grossman, fellow artists such as Joan Baez and Alan Price, and the occasional news reporter.
Review:
This fiercely lauded documentary clearly had extraordinary access to Dylan's person and entourage and does a pretty complete fly-on-the-wall job if you can tolerate the variable focus and unclear sound recording. Most interesting are the star's bouts with journalists asking him to explain himself, and the scene in which he berates the unidentified person who threw a glass from the hotel window. The 26 year-old gets through lots of cigarettes but behaves like a true professional throughout, by the end acknowledging the warmth of his welcome with the words: 'That was something'. The film was a milestone in what came to be called 'direct cinema', in that against all odds it achieved a theatrical release on 35mm and ultimately led to other rock movies like Woodstock.
(Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back)
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
As Dylan embarks on his 1965 UK tour, we follow him from hotel suite to hotel suite, mostly leaving him on stage to perform off camera, as he interacts with his producer, Albert Grossman, fellow artists such as Joan Baez and Alan Price, and the occasional news reporter.
Review:
This fiercely lauded documentary clearly had extraordinary access to Dylan's person and entourage and does a pretty complete fly-on-the-wall job if you can tolerate the variable focus and unclear sound recording. Most interesting are the star's bouts with journalists asking him to explain himself, and the scene in which he berates the unidentified person who threw a glass from the hotel window. The 26 year-old gets through lots of cigarettes but behaves like a true professional throughout, by the end acknowledging the warmth of his welcome with the words: 'That was something'. The film was a milestone in what came to be called 'direct cinema', in that against all odds it achieved a theatrical release on 35mm and ultimately led to other rock movies like Woodstock.
(Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back)
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
As Dylan embarks on his 1965 UK tour, we follow him from hotel suite to hotel suite, mostly leaving him on stage to perform off camera, as he interacts with his producer, Albert Grossman, fellow artists such as Joan Baez and Alan Price, and the occasional news reporter.
Review:
This fiercely lauded documentary clearly had extraordinary access to Dylan's person and entourage and does a pretty complete fly-on-the-wall job if you can tolerate the variable focus and unclear sound recording. Most interesting are the star's bouts with journalists asking him to explain himself, and the scene in which he berates the unidentified person who threw a glass from the hotel window. The 26 year-old gets through lots of cigarettes but behaves like a true professional throughout, by the end acknowledging the warmth of his welcome with the words: 'That was something'. The film was a milestone in what came to be called 'direct cinema', in that against all odds it achieved a theatrical release on 35mm and ultimately led to other rock movies like Woodstock.